Craig Sesker USA Wrestling OMAHA” Time was running out and sweat was pouring off Les Sigman’s burly 240-pound frame as he chased his opponent all over the mat in the national finals. The Nebraska-Omaha junior led by 14 points, but…
From a press release from USA Wrestling… March 21 is the bid deadline for 2006 U.S. Beach and Sombo Nationals, along with the Board meeting and State Leaders Conference Tuesday, March 21 is the deadline for event bids to be…
Daniel Cormier wants to be a star. Not just as a U.S. wrestler, but as an international wrestler. In order for that to happen, Cormier must break through and win a medal at the World Championships or Olympic Games. So…
By Gary Abbott USA Wrestling [email protected] There has been a tradition in the sport of wrestling that goes back decades which will continue this year during the week of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla., March…
Penn State wrestler has no legs, but that has not stilled his competitive fire, By Chico Harlan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before arriving at the sweetest, sweatiest room on campus, Rohan Murphy grabbed his size 7 1/2 shoes.…
BY BOB BEHRE For the Star-Ledger The annual state championship wrestling tournament in Atlantic City might be a box-office hit for the NJSIAA, but schools across New Jersey are feeling the pinch because of the cost of going there. The…
I was in Minneapolis recently and stopped in at the Cardinal, a neighborhood tavern on the Southside. Got there about 7 p.m. and saw the raffle was well underway, Beth scurrying around selling numbers and Marion doing a steady business…
Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 03/05/2006 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. “Minnesota sophomore 157-pounder C.P. Schlatter has developed a sure-fire method for gaining that little extra boost before he steps on the mat. Watch his younger brother compete. Gophers true freshman and top-ranked Dustin…
Chris Bono has always been one to do what is best for him and his family. So last fall when he packed up his wife, two kids and all of his belongings to move from Iowa to Tennessee, it shouldn’t…
Ken Gordon THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Every once in awhile, Tony Gonzales allows the anger to well up and spill over. It happened earlier this year at a wrestling match in Bowling Green. Gonzales, a senior from Paulding, was born with…
